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Colombia finds valuable information on rebel in seized computers BOGOTA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that a lot of useful information was found on three computers seized during an attack on a rebel camp last week.

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Gunmen burst into the home of
a Colombian radio and television reporter and shot him dead in
the second fatal attack on a journalist in the Andean nation
this year, officials said on Thursday.

By Patrick Markey BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro
Uribe began a second term on Monday promising to seek peace and
more social investment without sacrificing the gains won
through his hard-line stance against leftist guerrillas. In a region that has seen a rise of anti-U.S.

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Four police and a civilian
were killed by a car bomb in the Colombian city of Cali on
Friday, bringing to 29 the number of deaths blamed on leftist
rebels ahead of Monday's presidential inauguration.

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Fifteen soldiers were killed
in a rebel ambush in northern Colombia on Monday and a Bogota
car bomb killed a civilian, marking an increase in violence before President Alvaro Uribe starts his second
term.

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Leftist Colombian rebels
killed 10 civilians and took 170 hostage, authorities said on
Friday, in a show of force before conservative President Alvaro
Uribe starts his second term next month.

By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian soldiers killed the
rebel leader overseeing a campaign to take over a central part
of the country abandoned by right-wing militias who pulled out
after peace talks, the army said on Wednesday.

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